theGIST Podcast
theGIST Podcast
theGIST
The Glasgow Insight into Science and Technology's Podcast, produced by our Head of Multimedia, Iona Macwhirter-Harley. We are a Glasgow-based science media outlet who love to talk about the latest developments in science and tech, local science events, and interview researchers about their work.
Podcast 30: The frustration of misinformation
Science is for everyone; even those who wish to dismiss it. Kirstin investigates the current crisis in confidence and how we can engage people more successfully.
Jun 9, 2020
9 min
Podcast 29: Dear world… (TEDxUofG 2020)
We sent Iona Macwhirter-Harley, our Head of Multimedia, along to the TEDxUofG conference 2020 at the Queen Margaret University Union. The theme was 'Dear world...'
Apr 27, 2020
34 min
Podcast 28: Modern medicine and successful dying
Katrina attended the Glasgow Science Festival event ‘Modern Medicine and Death – an Unhealthy Relationship?’ last Summer. In the words of Lana Del Rey, “you and I, we were born to die” – so why does our society struggle so hard against the inevitability of death?
Apr 20, 2020
17 min
Podcast 27: Can really *everyone* be a data scientist?
Curious how you can participate in the data science hype? Anna Henschel explains how open data and open-source software make data science accessible to everyone.
Apr 1, 2020
8 min
Podcast 26: Why don’t we know more about how to make ‘science for all’ a reality?
Jane Essex explores the gap between reality and the rhetoric of inclusion within the STEM workforce.
Jan 27, 2020
9 min
Podcast 25: Technology at our fingertips
Sonya discusses the issues associated with prostheses currently available to children and how 3D scanning is transforming the development of prosthetic limbs.
Nov 15, 2019
12 min
Podcast 24: The problem with Arctic amplification
Recently, scientists have been observing that the problems associated with climate change are being felt much more severely at the top of the planet. So why is this, and what exactly is “Arctic Amplification”?
Nov 4, 2019
8 min
Podcast 23: Lee Cronin, the ‘Chemputer’, and New Designs of Life
We get the inside scoop on Professor Lee Cronin's 'Chemputer', plus hear all about his grand plans for creating a new form of life.
Apr 24, 2019
31 min
Podcast 22: Let’s Talk About [X] 2018
Conferences are kind of a necessity if you’re in a research role, but what about all the amazing research University of Glasgow undergraduates do? That’s where Let’s Talk About [X] and [X]position come in!...
Mar 23, 2018
8 min
Podcast 21: FameLab 2018
If we had to describe FameLab, it would be like Radio 4’s “just a minute” – you have to talk without repetition, hesitation and deviation. But instead, it’s three minutes in front of an...
Mar 8, 2018
8 min
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